The effects of welfare and child support policies on the incidence of marriage following a nonmarital birth

Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 290-307

  Knab, Jean ^a   Garfinkel, Irv ^b   McLanahan, Sara ^c   Moiduddin, Emily ^a   Osborne, Cynthia ^d  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b School of Social Work Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77957340410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605383.010     Document Type: Chapter

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